Cacht

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Laigsech ua Mórda, lord of Laígis.

This relationship is given by Baldwin and by Candon.

Mother: Gormlaith ingen Finn ua Caellaide.

This relationship is given by Baldwin.

Spouse: Gilla Pátraic of Osraige.

This relationship is given by Candon.

Spouse: Donnchad ua Conchobair, king of Uí Fáilge.

This relationship is given by Candon.

Spouse: Muirchertach ua Tuathail, king of northern Leinster.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Candon, and by Mac Shamhráin.

Children (by Gilla Pátraic):

(I am basing the children here on Dobb’s version of the Ban-Shenchus, but I haven’t checked how modern scholarship views all the relationships here. My personal understanding of old Irish historiography and even my ability to read the language is contemptible, so take it for what it’s worth.)

Donnchad.

Domnail (died 1165).

Children (by Donnchad):

Áed (died 1159).

Children (by Muirchertach):

Áed.

Tuathal.

Conchobar.

Mór married Diarmait Mac Murchada.

Evidence

from the Ban Senchus (Dobbs ed, Revue Celtique XLVIII (1931) p. 232):

Cacht ingen Laigsíg hUi Morda, mathair Dondcada 7 Domnaill (ob. 1165) da mac Gilla Padraig da ri Osraíde, 7 mathair Aeda (ob. 1159) m. Dondcaid hUi Concobur ri hUa Failge; 7 mathair Aeda 7 Tutail 7 Concubur tri meic Muircertaíg hUi Tutail; 7 Moíre

(p. 233):

Gormlaith (ob. 1152) ingen Find m. Dunlaing hUi Ceallaig, bean Laigsíg (ob. 1149) hUi Morda, mathair Mic Raith (see 1158) ríg Laigsíg, 7 Caicte 7 Duíbe Cablaíg:

[Cacht ingen hUi Morda,

Dúbcalaíg ingen hUi Morda].

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Candon, Anthony. “Power, politics and polygamy: women and marriage in late pre-Norman Ireland” in Ireland and Europe in the Twelfth Century: Reform and Renewal (Damian Bracken & Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel, eds.). (Four Courts Press, 2006).

Dobbs, Margaret. “The Ban-Shenchus” in Revue Celtique (1930, pp. 283-339; 1931, pp. 163-234; 1932, pp. 437-489).

Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe. “Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).